End construction for box-cars.



J. H. WEISBROD.

END CONSTRUCTION FUR BOX CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. I915.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB H. WEISBBOD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

END CONSTRUCTION FOR BOX-CARS.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAoon H. VVEIsBnon, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment in End Construction for Box-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates broadly to railway car construction, and specifically to certain features of body construction.

In the use of sheet metal ends in box cars, the most frequent failures have oo curred in the means of attachment employed for afiixing the and sheet to the car-superstructure. The cause of such failures is most commonly the inertia thrusts of lading in the car, which are occasioned by sudden sto ping or starting of the car.

a he present invention is designed to ovide an improved form of body and end construction, the purpose of which is to afl'ord a means of attachment for the car end which will have the maximum strength and thrnsoresisting stability.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a car end construction in which not onl the end wall itself, but the end por tions of the side walls adjacent thereto, are formed of sheet metal, the form of'construction of such parts being such as to adapt them for attachment to Wooden car bodies as repair parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction employing metallic end and side sheets formed and connected to pro vide a support for the side plates or upper longitudinal framing members of the car framing at their extremities.

Other and further objects of my invention will be obvious or pointed out herein- .after.

and lining members in association with the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Serial No. 30,944.

parts illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detail taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, and showing in addition the corner post and lining; Fig. 4, a detail showing a top view of the corner; Fig. 5, a. horizontal section taken at the transom post, substantially at line 55 of Fig. 1, but showing additional wall portions not shown in Fig. 1.

From said drawings, it Will be understood that 1 represents one section of a sheet metal car end, and 2 another section. These sections are suitably connected together to form the end Wall, and are connected to framing members at the top and bottom of the end, at representing the end sill, or the lower one of such framing members. The top and bottom margins of the sections are deflected rearwardly to form, attaching flanges 5, and the side margins are turned rearwardly to form the side attaching flanges 6. At the ends of the sides of the car,'I dispose the sheets 7 These sheets extend from top to bottom of the car side wall, forming in fact the outer side wall at the end of the car, and extend backwardly from the end sheets 1 and 2 as far as desired, that illustrated being formed to extend back to the transom post P, as shown in Fig. 5, and being flanged inwardly at 8 and rearwardly to provide the flange 9which is adapted to extend behind the transom post. These sheets are st ifi'ened horizontally by angles 10, and vertically by an angle 11 extending from their outer up or to lower inner corners, and havingitsen adjacent the outer upper corner turned horizontally to provide a step 12. The front edges of sheets 7 are flanged over the lateral edges of the end sheets 1 and 2 as illustrated in Fig. 3, the end sheets and side sheets being secured together to form a corner in Which a Wooden corner post 14 may be disposed, and bolted to the adjacent sheets by bolts 15, said corner post forming an attaching place for the inncrwall sheathing 16. Along the upper edge of each sheet 7 is disposed a. Z-shaped member 17 the same'feing adapted to act as a pocket member to the reception of the side plate. This pocket member is attached at its forward edge to the upper attaching flange 5 at the top of the end sheets, as is best illustrated in Fig. 4. The upper flange of this Z-shaped member is Widest at its edge where attached to the end sheet, and tapers-back from said end to its rear terminus which is adjacent the flange 8. Near its forward end the lower horizontal flange of said Z-shaped member rests upon the step 12. The side sills 18 are in the form of Z bars, secured at their ends to the end sills by angle members, and disposed with their upper horizontal flanges overlapping the lower flange 5 beneath the wood flooring. The vertical web of the side sill is )aced apart from the side sheet, and the si e sill is connected to the side sheet by an angle 19, which provides a pocket below the floor level and intermediate the vertical web of the side sill and the outer side Wall formed by sheet 7. This angle 19 terminates adjacent flange 8.

When the construction is assembled on the car, the pocket formed by side sill 18 and angle 19 receives a floor nailing strip 20 which is bolted to the metal members and which forms the attaching member for the floor boards. The end of the side plate S is received in the pocket formed between the vertical web of pocket member 17 and side sheet 7, the plate resting upon the lower horizontal flange of member 17 and the end of the'side plate being abutted against a filler block 21 positioned in the end of the pocket and bolted to the vertical web of pocket member 17, the side sheets 7, and the flange 6. To accommodate the side plate, the upper extremities of the flanges 8 and 9 are cut out as shown in Fig. 1; The side plate is bolted to the vertical web of pocket member 17 and to side sheet 7, and a gusset plate 22 is applied on the exterior of the car wall over the cut-out corner of side sheet 7, said gusset plate being bolted to the transom post and to the side plate, side sheet 7, and pocket member 17. In case inside sheathing is desired, a nailing strip 24 may be secured to the angle 10 and the inner wall sheathing 16 secured thereto and to the nailing strip 20. A purlin 26 and a fascia 27 may be secured to the flange 5 and the upper margin of the side sheet as a support for roof plates 28. 7

It will be, observed that this'construction is particularly adapted to be applied to cars in which the ends and portions of the sides adjacent the ends have been damaged. While thus adapted as a repair construction, at the same time, it will be observed that it may be advantageously employed as an original construction, as it forms a articularly strong end construction, the si e sheets 7 being secured throu hout their length to the upper and lower ongitudinal framing members, and said side sheets forming a continuous connection between the end sheets and the transom post.

In addition, it will be observed that the structure does not require a corner post, it is self-sustaining and a suitable corner construction is secured by the overlapping attachment of the side sheets and end sheets.

It is obvious that end sheets corrugated, ribbed, or reinforced in any suitable form to give them strength, may be employed in. this construction, and that the structure is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Hence, it is not my intention that the following claims be construed as limited to the specific form illnstrated and described.

What I claim is:

l. A our end construction comprising end wall sheets, vertically disposed side Wall sheets secured at one edge to the end wall sheets and at the other edge to vertical car body frame members, a pocket member secured to the upper portions of adjacent end and side wall sheets and forming a pocket for the reception of a longitudinal side framing members 2. In a car construction, the combination of end wall sheets, side wall sheets vertically disposed and connected at their forward edges to the lateral margins of the end wall sheets to form corners, said side wall sheets being secured at their rearward vertical margins to vertical car body frame members, a pocket member secured to the upper portion of an end wall sheet, said pocket member and the upper portion of the side w'all'sheet being secured to a longitudinal car body frame member.

3. In a car construction, the combination of end wall and side wall sheets secured together on vertical edges. to form a corner, said side wall sheet being secured at its other vertical edge to a vertical car body frame member, a vertical stiffening member applied to said side wall sheet, the upper portion of said side wall sheet being secured to a longitudinal car frame member, and a pocket member secured to the end wall sheet and to such longitudinal frame member.

In testimony1 whereof I hereuntoaffix my signature in t e presence of two witnesses, this 15th day of Ma 1915.

JAG B H. WEISBROI}. Witnesses:

WILLIAM V. MORRISON, Oscar: HOCHBERG.

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